Black History Month 2025 at Outernet
Join us this October as we celebrate and spotlight Black voices and stories as part of Black History Month. We’re proud to share an incredible line-up of exhibitions and experiences across our district - and while October provides a moment of focus we are proud to champion and platform Black artists and creatives not just this month, but all year round.
Here's what's going on:
GenB: Pioneers of the Screen
An award-winning immersive tribute to the Black British pioneers who have shaped - and continue to transform - the entertainment industry. Celebrating trailblazing actors, directors, and online creators through bold storytelling and cutting-edge design. The piece was awarded Bronze at the Creative Circle Awards for Design & Craft.
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Media Stream AI: Black to the Future
A celebration of AI innovation, creativity, and trailblazing voices shaping the future of culture, technology, music, and media. Honouring legacy while stepping into the history still to be made.
Location📍 The Now Building
Carnival Through the Lens of Ian Watts
A vibrant mix of black-and-white and colour photography spanning four decades of Notting Hill Carnival, paired with a bespoke soundscape by Blackmale Beats. A true immersion into the rhythm, energy, and cultural heartbeat of one of the world’s most iconic festivals.
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Emoji Shower: BHM Edition
A vibrant, interactive experience celebrating Black joy and creativity. This year’s edition marks 10 years since racially diverse emojis were introduced by Apple in June 2015, highlighting the importance of representation and inclusion in digital culture.
Location:📍 The Now Building
The Independent: Black and British
Black and British is a month-long exhibition with Outernet London from 6 October, and a celebratory lunch on 7 October with the UK Black Comms Network to recognise those “Standing Firm in Power and Pride”.
Research from the Runnymede Trust shows that nearly two-thirds of Black Britons feel racism has worsened in the UK in the past five years, a perception borne out in rising hate crime statistics and disproportionate stop-and-search rates. Public debate about national identity has reached a fever pitch in recent weeks, added The Independent.
Against this backdrop, Seasoned’s ‘Black and British’ exhibition with Outernet London will platform Black voices in the heart of the capital, inviting Seasoned’s readers to speak directly about what identity at the intersection of Blackness and Britishness means to them in 2025.
As a media outlet, Seasoned celebrates Black British communities, and this activation aims to create a space that reclaims pride, amplifying Black perspectives and sounding a chorus of voices declaring what their identity means to them. The result will be a vibrant portrait of the diversity, creativity and resilience of Black Britain today, and will include information and an opportunity to donate to the Runnymede Trust, which works tirelessly for racial justice in Britain, continued The Independent.
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